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Method and apparatus for automatic advance calling to contacts

US7831030B2 · kind B2 · utility

1Cited by

4References

17Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Siemens Enterprise Communications, Inc. · US

Inventors

Jacqueline Levy · Sunnyvale, US
Michael Sharland · Santa Clara, US
Jay Maskell · معلمی نژاد, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 15, 2005
Grant date	Nov 9, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 13, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04M3/46
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A telecommunications device includes a telephony controller; a contacts controller, said contacts controller configured to maintain a plurality of contact telephone numbers for individual contacts; and an automatic advance calling controller operably coupled to said contacts controller and said telephony controller, the automatic advance calling controller configured to cause the telephony controller to automatically call ones of the plurality of contact telephone numbers for the particular contact in a predetermined order until the call is successfully completed to one of the plurality of telephone numbers or the list of telephone numbers is exhausted.

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